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The Dublin factory employs robotics and specialized machines to recover precious metals like gold and silver.

Specialized trolleys at the plant, powered by robots, can more up to two tonnes of equipment.

Data center racks with cables and servers

Inside a data center where storage servers populate dozens of racks

Amazon also uses bespoke machines and other processes to extract valuable materials.

Already, Amazon claims that its reverse logistics programme diverted 14.6 million hardware components from landfills globally in 2023.

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